I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

"Eko Devices has developed a Bluetooth-enabled attachment for your stethoscope that captures high..."

“Eko Devices has developed a Bluetooth-enabled attachment for your stethoscope that captures high quality recordings of auscultated heart sounds. These sounds are then transferred automatically to the cloud, via a connected smartphone or tablet, where the acoustic pattern is compared to a library of over 30,000 heart sounds to identify the most likely cause of an abnormality. On the connected mobile device, the user can both re-listen to the heart sounds and also review the acoustic signal.”

- Eko Devices aims to enhance, not replace, the stethoscope

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